Thursday, 10 January 2008

Weird book

A book I will be publishing early next year is called Weirdest Malaysian News Stories of 2008. I have hired Brian Yap (pic) as editor since, as his piece in New Malaysian Essays 1 proves, he's very good at following the news!

What do I mean by weird? Well, as Louis Armstrong said when asked to define jazz: "If you have to ask, you'll never know."

Don't keep your eyes wide shut, and let us know if you come across stuff :-). These are usually not front-page news but in the 'local' or 'national' section, and we are only citing daily newspapers rather than those weekly tabloids.

5 comments:

Anonymous
said...

PLEASE include the news story Pang told me about--the one where the tuition teacher accused of sexually harassig his male student said that his guests, when they jack off in his toilt, end up striking 4D!

I don't know if it is sufficiently weird for your book but the story about the cow thieves earlier this year made the press here in London, forcing me to deny my national identity for a few days. I hope the perps were at least supporting barangan buatan Malaysia and using a Proton. (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080124/koddities/oddity_malaysia_cow_car)